truncation, n.
(truncations)
(truncations)
the act of cutting short
<noun.act>
truncation
sample sentences
"it is an obvious truncation of the verse""they were sentenced to a truncation of their limbs"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)
<noun.act>
truncation
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
the property of being truncated or short
<noun.attribute>
shortness truncation